A farcical bet came to an end, and everyone quickly shifted their gaze to the field.
Aside from the stand on the Third Hokage's side, the ninjas in the surrounding stands also began to discuss.
Uchiha Fugaku sat with Mikoto and Itachi not far from the Hyuga brothers, Hiashi and Hizashi.
Hiashi turned his head to look at Fugaku and asked, "Fugaku, who do you think will win?"
Uchiha Fugaku laughed cheerfully, "Of course, it's the talented junior from our clan, Obito will win."
Hiashi, however, looked towards the Ino-Shika-Cho direction and said lightly, "Fugaku, you're too arrogant."
"If the Ino-Shika-Cho trio fought individually, they might not be difficult to deal with, but when they work together, even Lord Hokage would need to be cautious."
Fugaku glanced at Hiashi and revealed a slight smile, "Use your Byakugan to take a good look. In the face of absolute power, everything is useless."
Hiashi was stunned and subconsciously activated his Byakugan.
Then, he looked at Minato's team members and was shocked.
Kakashi's chakra was alright, not much even among regular jonin.
But Obito's chakra was rather astonishing, especially at his arm, where a section constantly extended outward, the chakra vast and vigorous...
He admitted he suddenly felt a bit sour. Among the new generation of Hyuga, apart from that branch family's Hyuga Kyou, the rest were all mediocre juniors.
Completely no match for the Uchiha.
Then, Hiashi casually looked at Rin. In his subconscious, she was just a foil...
But immediately, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.
If Obito and Kakashi's chakra amounts were still within his understanding, then Rin's chakra was simply unimaginably vast.
In the entire Konoha, he had only seen this level of chakra on Kushina.
'So...'
Hiashi couldn't help but ask in horror, "Is she a jinchuriki? For the Third Lord to dare send a jinchuriki to this kind of event, is he not afraid of losing control?"
Fugaku said calmly, "Hiashi, as far as I know, she's a perfect jinchuriki like Killer Bee of Kumogakure."
"Hmph, looks like your Byakugan doesn't see as far as the Sharingan."
Hiashi's face suddenly turned ugly. He believed that this kind of secret information, his elder brother, the Hyuga clan head, must have known.
Clearly, he and Fugaku were of the same generation, but Fugaku had long become the head of the Uchiha, while he had not yet become the Hyuga head.
Thinking of this, his resentment towards his elder brother deepened further.
He couldn't forgive that his elder brother placed the Caged Bird Seal on Hizashi...
'Looks like after this war, I will have to find a way to make that old man abdicate and yield the position...'
However, as he recalled the scene he just observed with his Byakugan, he couldn't help but look toward Minato in the distance, murmuring.
"Minato, even your disciples have grown to this level?"
———
On the other side, Minato sat together with Aburame Shibi.
Aburame Shibi asked, "Minato, who do you think will win?"
Minato recalled the battle at the training ground yesterday and smiled, "Choza and the others are strong, but Kakashi and the three of them are stronger."
Aburame Shibi didn't expect Minato to give such an answer, and immediately fell silent.
'Minato isn't someone who speaks without basis, so his subordinates are really that strong?'
'At such a young age?'
He became curious about how Team 7 would perform later.
Aside from the big clans, many Konoha jonin also sat together in groups.
Yuhi Shinku came to the platform and sat beside Iruka's father, Umino Ikkaku.
He saw Umino Ikkaku bringing a child around five or six years old and greeted with a smile.
"Ikkaku, bringing your child to broaden his horizons?"
Umino Ikkaku smiled and nodded, "Shinku, you came too, why didn't you bring your daughter to have a look?"
Yuhi Shinku's face immediately turned a bit unpleasant, and he snorted lightly, "She's always hanging around with that brat Sarutobi Asuma, won't even get close to her old dad."
Umino Ikkaku laughed and said, "That's the Third's child, I heard he's quite outstanding."
After speaking, he turned to the boy beside him and said, "Iruka, greet Uncle Shinku."
The boy responded and politely said to Yuhi Shinku, "Hello, Uncle Shinku!"
Yuhi Shinku laughed, "Iruka, huh?"
"When you grow up, do you want to become an outstanding ninja?"
Iruka clenched his small fists at once, "Of course I do, I will definitely, definitely become a ninja, and then end the war!"
Yuhi Shinku couldn't help but tease, "So little Iruka, you want to save the world? That's not something easy to achieve."
Iruka, however, said, "I believe, as long as I work at it, one day I'll make it come true."
Umino Ikkaku shook his head and said to Yuhi Shinku, "I've tested him, Iruka's talent as a ninja isn't exceptional. Even if he barely becomes a ninja, he might remain average his whole life."
"Rather than saving the world, I just hope he grows up safe and sound, happy for a lifetime."
Iruka refused to accept it, "Dad, just wait and see, I'll prove it to you. One day, I will fulfill my dream."
Umino Ikkaku patted Iruka's head and didn't say anything, just looked down at the field...
———
Inside the field, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin had all gotten ready and met Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi in the center, facing each other.
Obito reminded in a voice only Kakashi and Rin could hear, "The jonin from the Ino-Shika-Cho trio combined are enough to match true powerhouses, be especially careful."
"Especially be wary of Nara Shikaku. He was the commander-in-chief of the Fourth War, guiding the ninja alliance against me and the Ten-Tails, and played a huge role."
Kakashi and Rin nodded and became serious.
They knew what Obito meant by "true powerhouses", those comparable to a village kage...
However, Kakashi couldn't help but mock, "Obito, during the Fourth War, didn't you blow up the command center because the other Rin wasn't dead?"
Obito's face instantly flushed with shame, gritting his teeth, "Kakashi, had I known, I wouldn't have told you these things!"
Rin, on the other hand, blushed deeply, 'What do you mean by 'the other Rin wasn't dead'? Why has Kakashi become so improper?'
On the other side, Nara Shikaku saw that the other side seemed to be arguing, but didn't let down his guard at all.
He used the Mind Body Transmission Technique to communicate with Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Inoichi.
["When the battle starts, take out Obito first. He knows Flying Thunder God, and you should know how troublesome that jutsu is, especially for control-type ninjas like me and Inoichi, it's very threatening."]
Inoichi confidently replied, ["Don't worry, Choza will protect me. I'll control Obito right at the start. My Mind Body Switch is faster than his Flying Thunder God, he won't have a chance."]
The three of them nodded.
In an instant, the atmosphere on the field became tense.
There was no official examiner for this battle, because at the jonin level, the only one qualified to assess them was Sarutobi Hiruzen himself.
Therefore, seeing both sides were ready, the Third stood up from the stand.
He loudly declared, "This battle will follow squad-based combat mode. No limits on techniques. Do not intentionally harm your teammates."
"Now, the Jonin Examination for Team 7 officially begins!"
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